SO I am mentoring a young man in the fine and arcane knowledge of electronics for show biz, using my considerable skill and experience in the field. I would say I was tutoring him, but I think that implies assisting for a class elsewhere. Mentoring is just me teaching directly, nest pah?

SO if he would have been a tutee, does that make him a mentee?

"Student" just sounds so... ordinary.

I generally use the Socratic method, because at first it was all Greek to him. Then he has a eureka moment and...

It's clear where "Assistant Dark Lord" and "para-Dark Lord" fall in the hierarchy but I'm less clear on how "Dark Lord" and "Executive Dark Lord" rank. Is the Executive position superior, or more of an emeritus position?

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Lance wrote:It's clear where "Assistant Dark Lord" and "para-Dark Lord" fall in the hierarchy but I'm less clear on how "Dark Lord" and "Executive Dark Lord" rank. Is the Executive position superior, or more of an emeritus position?

Lance wrote:It's clear where "Assistant Dark Lord" and "para-Dark Lord" fall in the hierarchy but I'm less clear on how "Dark Lord" and "Executive Dark Lord" rank. Is the Executive position superior, or more of an emeritus position?

I think that needs to be determined on the field of battle.

Okay, then what are the criteria for attaining each of the ranks?

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Wouldn't dark lord be the guy, and executive dark lord would be the fellow hired to do the actual work. Like George Lucas is producer, but the executive producer is the real one and who knows who he is.